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Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

67 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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This book was amazing -- and I loved the entire series. The characters, the worldbuilding, the plot, the actions and the fight scenes, and all the emotions it made me feel. I love this series spanned over twenty years and showed a few different generations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Child death, and Gore

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, and Death of parent

rdrift_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What Fonda Lee achieved with Jade Legacy is nothing short of extraordinary. The novel spans a very long time, tracing both the changes in the Kauls and the changes to Janloon and its geopolitical concerns. Lee's background as a corporate strategist and her meticulous research both pay off in spades her. The parallels between her fictional scenarios and the real-world jostling of China, Taiwan / Singapore / Hong Kong, SEA, America, etc lend a valued edge of social commentary to this ambitious family drama (I definitely wriggled, as an Asian-American reader who saw the criticism embedded in how she portrayed the Espenians and the Kekonese-Espenians). I also want to shout out this novel's action sequences, which were tighter and more elegantly plotted than in its predecessors and show just how much Lee has grown since the first novel in the trilogy.  

But of course what truly grounds this story is the family drama centered around the well-realized Kauls. Hilo, Shae, Anden pass through so much grief and growth that made it impossible for me to hold back tears of pride and sadness by the end - and in this novel, they're joined by the younger generation (Niko, Ru, Jaya) who made the most of their limited screentime to attach themselves to my heart. I love the sense that this family exists after the pages end, we were simply lucky enough to observe their dramatic turning point. Anchored, of course, by the indominable Kaul Hilo, who will linger with me for a very long time, in all his forms - the seductive, hotheaded himbo of a Horn; the vengeful grim young Pillar; the wise and grief stricken father who was nonetheless all of his past selves combine. 

Far do your enemies flee, Kaul-jen, and may the gods shine favor on No Peak. 

(And Fonda Lee, for sharing the tales of this family with us)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Violence

carla20's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

i demand emotional reparations from Fonda Lee. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Drug use, Death of parent, Violence, War, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide and Sexual content

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Torture, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

booksthatburn's review against another edition

The stress of my own TBI is still too recent for me to be okay reading about one right now. I will try this again later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Torture, Ableism, Infidelity, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Rape

alexdicanio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 This is by far one of the best series I have ever read. Absolutely incredible.

This is fantasy, but it's also more than that. There was so much political intrigue, family dynamics, war, grief, loss, love, and heartbreak. I cannot recommend this series enough. I don't want to say any more than that since I don't want to spoil it.

Please, please read this series. Check trigger warnings before.

I am very much looking forward to what Fonda Lee writes in the future 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

samsearle's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia

wordsofclover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death and Child death

mari_the_cryptic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have no words that aren't spoilers 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, War, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Torture, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Deportation, Infidelity, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Car accident, Confinement, Infertility, Chronic illness, and Colonisation